Scientist Explains How Moon Mining Would Work | WIRED

WIRED speaks with Angel Abbud-Madrid, the Director of the Center for Space Resources at the Colorado School of Mines, to find out just how lunar mining would work.


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[Ahmed.]

Me to my grand children:
Back in my days the moon used to be round.

[-subscriberswithahammerad]

Forget all the precious metals, we need to start mining for moon cheese

[SweatyTurban]

You would need efficiency 5 with fortune 3.




Oh and Don’t forget a haste 2 beacon.

[bekirkl]

I can't believe I might see lights on moon when i look at night sky in 50 years

[purpleidea]

lol, interviewer really wasn't listening. his second question was already answered :/

[dw]

I've seen enough sci-fi and horror movies to know it's a bad idea.

[acesthalternateaccount]

You guys better grab a diamonds pickaxe, and kill the Ender Dragon for the XP, then echant, profit

[isiahfriedlander]

It surely will be the greatest next step for space exploration, the moon will be our space port and factory for outer space

[thranger]

“It’s like mining on the earth but with less gravity.” Did that really require a “scientist” to explain?

[grimjowjaggerjak]

There is helium 3 too, thats really rare on earth.

[rocktcatU]

He said that the hydrogen-oxygen propellant is the most energetic combination known, that's not really true. Fluorine and hydrogen has a slightly higher specific impulse, but because hydrogen fluoride coming out of the exhaust is toxic it hasn't been used in a practical manner.

[theloffikilli]

4:03 that must be the coolest game to play

[OG]

I cant imagine being on the moon and looking back at your planet knowing that if something goes wrong you're all alone...

[idontthinkso]

One small step for man,



Two steps for a smaller one

[Clave_]

Niggas gon accidently awaken the Otsutsuki Clan or wake Kaguya up.

[skyboy]

*oil is discovered on the moon*
Usa:we are going to the moon

[rafaeltrivino]

If you mine the moon it will end in the result of waking up Cthulhu.

[gabuks]

the moon has been up there for a long time I don't think it's worth mining the cheese it's probably expired by now

[filip]

2:30 it’s not the propellant that makes space travel so expensive (a launch costs 200k in fuel ) it’s throwing away rockets for every single launch, which is factor 1000x more expensive than the fuel. And spacex is about to change that.

[wolontong]

i know we are so thirsty with knowledge but cant we just leave moon alone?